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Tenable Network Security is hoping to make vulnerability management great again.

The security vendor, based in Columbia, Md., unveiled a new cloud-based vulnerability management platform, dubbed Tenable.io, this week at RSA Conference 2017. Tenable.io, which is delivered as a software-as-a-service offering, includes an API and software development kit that allows third parties to export and import vulnerability data. The..

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I grew up LOVING Star Trek: The Next Generation. One of the key elements of this show was the ship’s computer, LCARS, which could control and interact with various other systems and sensors of the ship on behalf of the crew. If I had to pinpoint anything in my life that drove me to IT, I think it would have to be how much I enjoyed the idea of the helpful computer in ST:TNG that made people’s lives easier.

You can imagine the waves of childish joy that fell over me upon..

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As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve on an almost daily basis, many hospitals and healthcare organizations have found that enlisting the assistance of a healthcare managed services provider (MSP) is an ideal way to address some of the challenges they face while working to provide exceptional care. IoT, collaboration and growing security threats are just a few of the daily challenges a healthcare provider faces.

There are serveral compelling reasons for enlisting a healthcare MSP,..

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In Remembrance of the “Good Old Days”

Do you remember how much less complicated IT used to be? Don’t get me wrong, being in IT has always been challenging. There’s always been enormous pressure on IT from the business, mostly because there has been this pervasive struggle to leverage IT to create an advantage against competition. Therefore, in lieu of strategic value, IT has sometimes been relegated to the category of “cost center”. Some of you may even be in IT departments that report up..

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Control your own medical records and get seamless, immediate access to doctors and specialists whenever you need them.

Customer service expectations are higher than ever, and patients are ultimately customers. They expect the same levels of service at the doctor’s office or hospital that they are accustomed to from other businesses, and that includes digital services accessible through their mobile devices...

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On Friday, October 21, a massive cyberattack affected many users of popular websites like Twitter, Netflix, Etsy, Spotify and Airbnb, among others. Dyn, a company that manages website domains and routes internet traffic, experienced two distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on its DNS servers, beginning at 7am on Friday. A DDoS attack is an attempt to flood a website with so much traffic that it collapses under the load. Think the volume of a fire hydrant rushing through a garden hose.